Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783)
ssp. budensis (Götz, 1783)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Prunus, Quercus, Ulmus, Paliurus, Salix, Pistacia etc.)
Distribution:	South Europe, Slovakia, Hungary, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East, North Iran

The depicted beetles were collected on a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) in Leptokaria (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783)
Subspecies: Purpuricenus budensis budensis (Götz, 1783)